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1999
Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78
1997
Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder)
1996
Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama)
1993
George Mickelson, Gov of, South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash
1989
Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia
1985
Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno
1982
Roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery
1982
Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16)
1980
22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott
1980
William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup
1977
Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Neth, children released May 27, siege ends June 11
1971
U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1971
Fed grand jury indicts Rev Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
1963
South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy
1956
Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1952
Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
1945
Josef Kramer, known as "beast of Belsen," and 10 others, hanged
1943
4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1942
Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress
1937
2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death
1937
Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
1922
Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin
1895
Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba
1893
Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud
1847
Gov Bent, 5 others in U.S. occupation, killed by revolt in New Mexico
1830
Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York
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